The growth of a code base is unpredictable. To account for this uncertainty, we call on everything we've learnt in the last x years about how to scale an application effectively: adopting naming conventions, creating file and folder structures, using the latest patterns, and producing sensible abstractions. These actions add up over time. Eventually, you'll mentally high-five your past self for having taken the time to do them ✋.

I Google’d the word “reliable” the other day. At the top of the results page was a definition from the Oxford Languages dictionary. I started thinking, what’s “reliable”? I glanced at my mobile phone. I felt it was pretty reliable. I can make and receive calls, I play games, battery life is pretty decent, photos are amazing… But it’s kind of new, so maybe that doesn’t count. It’s not really reliable, the jury’s still out.